Grace

I normally make a feeble attempt at witty titles for these things, but with this one... not much else can be said. Today I was in the car and a random memory popped into my head. You know... like when you're driving and you see a place or hear something and it is a trigger that sets off an explosion of memories. It is as if your past was bottled up somewhere in your mind just waiting to infect your consciousness  Anyway... something like that happened today and I thought for a moment... wouldn't it be great if life had an eraser? Not necessarily a do-over,  just an eraser. Life would go on as it is, but your past never happened. It has no way of creeping up on you and making you feel all of the negative emotions that comes with it. It just doesn't exist. I then thought about how this would be nice, but it is not the case. 

Then I remembered that grace is that eraser. I know it is a cliche' Christian view of life... but it's true... Not only does grace allow us to be forgiven, but it allows us to get away from our past. We learn from the past of course... but it has no hold on us. We don't get to do it all over again, but we get to move on. We get to move forward. The sad thing is we often hold onto our past. Were too stubborn to just accept grace. We think we owe God something or that we deserve the continued pain of what we've done. The truth is we can never do anything to deserve Grace... so no matter what you think you owe God you'll never repay it. Thats what Grace is... unmerited favor. Allow God to help you to deal with the hurt that your past lifestyle brings and allow Him to erase it. There is a great new life ahead of you... embrace it.